Martial arts classes are great for helping kids burn off energy and to learn certain skills and lessons that will help them later on in life. Contrary to what some might believe, martial arts classes do not turn kids into fighters, and they especially do not encourage kids to bully others.

Here are 4 benefits of martial arts for kids

Benefit #1: Physical Activity

Kids are often stuck in classrooms all day where they see little to no physical activity in the day and after class, they go home. Physical Education classes and programs at school are great when they are available, but not every school has them and some that have the programs have not developed them well. Even then, the child has to want to be active in a sport, which is not always the case. Martial Arts helps provide children a judgment-free zone where they can focus on learning and growing as an individual. Martial Arts classes offer a full-body workout where children can increase their strength, improve their balance and posture all while staying physically active.

Benefit #2 Self-Esteem

Martial Arts classes work with a belted system. That is, as children advance in their classes, they get the opportunity to learn more techniques in accordance to their belt. This “progression” helps them gain a sense of accomplishment, which helps them have confidence in themselves. As a child advances in martial arts, they learn about self-defense, which helps them feel secure and in control if they are ever put in a situation where they need to defend themselves. Martial Arts does not encourage bullying or aggressive actions, it instead provides kids with the ability to protect and defend themselves if they ever have to.

Benefit #3 It Takes Concentration and Focus

Life is full of distractions, and this can inhibit people from learning how to focus. Focus is an important skill to have and not many have it and those that do, often times have not developed it further. Learning how to focus can help a child succeed later in life by applying that skill in school and at work. In martial arts, it takes a lot of focus and concentration to properly learn techniques, which is an everyday part of any class.

Benefit #4 They Learn Respect

Through all the hard work, dedication, and sweat that comes with martial arts, lessons are learned. Anyone can be told to respect another person, but actually understanding and applying respect is up to the individual. In martial arts classes, children are exposed to success and failure. Their success and their failure, but they also see the success and failure of the other students and even of the teachers. This helps them see what hard work can do, they see how people can help each other accomplish difficult tasks, and they are taught lessons from their teachers. Being exposed to all this helps them become self-aware as an individual, which in turn, helps them learn how to respect others.

Due to Hurricane Matthew, our Kick-a-thon was rescheduled for Saturday October 22 at 5:00.

Dynamic Family Martial Arts is hosting a Kick-a-thon in memory of Brandon Moseley to raise funds to support St. Jude’s lifesaving mission of finding cures for children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and we need your help to reach our fundraising goal of $1,000. Brandon is the brother to two of our students, Jason and Nico, and future student Joey. Brandon passed away from cancer and St Jude was instrumental in making this experience less painful for Brandon and the entire family. Though he passed his spirit is still alive and in his honor we want to help other families facing this difficult situation as well as increase St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to find a cure for these devastating childhood diseases.

How your donation helps:

Thanks to donors like you, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. In addition we are teaching our students at Dynamic Family Martial Arts about giving back and having civic responsibility in our community.

Join us! Please pledge a donation a student in the Kick-a-thon per kick. Each student will attempt 200 kicks. (Younger students 6 and under will attempt 100). Together we can help St. Jude change the world.

Remember when obtaining pledges that 100% of the funds will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Please make all checks payable to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Dynamic Family Martial Arts is hosting a Kick-a-thon in honor of Brandon Moseley to raise funds to support St. Jude’s lifesaving mission of finding cures for children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and we need your help to reach our fundraising goal of $1,000. Brandon is the brother to two of our students, Jason and Nico, and future student Joey. Brandon passed away from cancer and St Jude was instrumental in making this experience less painful for Brandon and the entire family. Though he passed his sprit is still alive and in his honor we want to help other families facing this difficult situation as well as increase St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to find a cure for these devastating childhood diseases.
How your donation helps:

Thanks to donors like you, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. In addition we are teaching our students at Dynamic Family Martial Arts about giving back and having civic responsibility in our community.

Join us! Please pledge a donation a student in the Kick-a-thon per kick. Each student will attempt 200 kicks. (Younger students 6 and under will attempt 100). Together we can help St. Jude change the world.

Remember when obtaining pledges that 100% of the funds will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Please make all checks payable to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Domino Pizza Fundraiser

We are handing out fliers at the school for FREE PIZZA. Here’s how it works: Take orders for a Domino’s Pizza card (each card sells for $10) The card is good to buy a large pizza, and get a large pizza FREE Use the card as many times as you want until Friday JUNE 30, 2017 Great for parties! Buy 10 large pizzas, get 10 large pizzas FREE Card is valid for delivery or carry-out Use the card just one time, it more than pays for itself

Proceeds benefit GOTMA

GOTMA is a not-for-profit (Gaining Opportunity Through Martial Arts) That helps scholarship underprivileged and special needs kids to participate in Martial Arts activities.

Our goal is to have each of our students sell 12 cards.

Turn in your order for cards by Monday September 12Make checks payable to Dynamic Martial Arts (cash is accepted too)

Dates to Remember..

September 17, 201627th State FestivalRegister before Monday 9/5 for best Prices! http://www.27statemafestival.comIf your would like to volunteer or sponsor this annual event, Let Mr H or Mrs Tammi know. REMEMBER WE ARE THE HOSTS AT THIS EVENT

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Schools open August 22. Time to get your child registered for our After School Program known as “Scholars’ Club” Children are picked up at their school and brought to our facility for their karate and/or MMA class. They’ll have time for a snack and even get some homework done. SPACE IS LIMITED. Get your child registered to reserve their spot TODAY. Call 954-370-0001 and speak with Mr. H.

Our Tournament is right around the corner! Volunteers are needed! See Mr. H or Ms Tammi If you are interested in helping out. This is an exciting event and LOTS OF FUN! REGISTRATION IS OPEN at http://www.27statemafestival.com SAVE $$ BY REGISTERING EARLY.